Trunk-handle.



h Pa tented luly 3|, I900. B. M. WILHITE G. F. A. HUYT.

TRUNK HANDLE.

(Application filed Nov. 11, 1899.)

(No Model.)

IV/ l/ UNITED STATES PATENT ()Fncs.

BERTNIE M. W'ILHITE AND FRANK A. HOYT, OF GORDON, NEBRASKA.

TRUNK HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,039, dated. July31, 1900. Application filed November 11, 1399. Serial No- 736,623. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that we, BERTNIE M. WILHITE and FRANK A. HOYT, citizens ofthe Unitedv States, and residents of G0rdon,in the county of Sheridanand State of Nebraska, have in vented a new and Improved Trunk-Handle,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to provide a trunk-handle which whenunder strain will,

be forced away from the trunk, thus avoiding cramping a persons handagainst the trunk, which inconvenience results from the use oftrunk-handles as ordinarily constructed.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of our invention, whilethe claim defines the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyin g drawings, forming apart ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indi catecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is an end viewof a-trunk to which our invention has beenapplied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged elevation of the invention. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detailsection of the handle proper on the line 4ft of Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 is aperspective view of one of the housings in which the ends of the handleproper are mounted.

The'strap or handle proper of the device comprises a steel or otherresilient core-plate a, fitted between covering portions 1), formed,preferably, of leather. -The coverings I) overlap the core a, and theedges of the coverings are secured together by stitching b, as shown.The ends of the core a project beyond the coverings b and are formedwith hearings or, in which are secured pins o the ends of which areheaded and projected beyond the edges of the handle or strap proper.Each end of the strap is provided with a ferrule or other covering of,which ferrules are formed of metal plates bent over the end portions ofthe strap and riveted thereto, as shown.

Secured rigidly to thetrunk by means of fastening devices'extendingthrough its feet 0 are housings 0. These housings receive the respectiveends of the strap and are formed in each side wall with diagonal slots0*,which slots respectively receive the end portions of the rods or pinsa, the heads of such pins lying outside of the housings, as shown. It

should be understood that the heads of the pins of may be formed in anydesired manner by which to enable the pins to be placed in position inthe housings c and bearings a. The slots 0 of the housings are disposedto ward each other, as shown best in Fig. 3, and

'the outer walls of the housings are preferably inclined, as alsoillustrated in this view.

The spring-core a of the handle or strap proper causes the handle propernormally to assume the position shown in'full lines in Fig. 3, in whichthe core is straightened out and the pins a caused to lie in the innerportions of the slots 0 When, however, the strap is graspedand drawnoutward, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 3, the pins a. will becaused to move in the diagonal slots 0 to the outer ends thereof, andthis will have the ef fect of bowing the strap, asindicated by thedotted lines in theview referred to, thus holding it away from the trunkas long as the strap isunder strain, which operation avoids forc ing apersons hand against the trunk, as explained hereinbefore.

. While we have shown and described our invention as particularlyapplicable to trunks, it will be evident that it may be applied totool-chests or to any other article of that char acter requiring ahandle.

Having thus described our invention, we

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent A trunk-handle,comprisinga spring-strap, pins secured to the ends thereof andprojecting transversely beyond the same, and housings secured to thetrunk, in which are received the ends of the strap, the housings beingformed with slots or guideways inclined with respect to the trunk andprojected to-

